So far, I have watched only A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1938). I will be overloaded with Christmas movie viewings over the next few days, as I traditionally dig out my DVDs of:

* A CHRISTMAS CAROL/SCROOGE (3 versions in addition to the one I mentioned above)* RICH LITTLE'S CHRISTMAS CAROL* A CHRISTMAS STORY* THE BEST OF THE ANDY WILLIAMS CHRISTMAS SPECIALS* A BING CROSBY CHRISTMAS* HAPPY HOLIDAYS WITH BING AND FRANK

If I have time, I will watch a few others. But the ones above are the ones I make sure I watch every year.

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We had a thread for Halloween movies so I figured why not have one for Christmas films.

Cuz we've had 'em several times before...almost every year?

How is TRADING PLACES a Christmas movie? Just because it happens to take place around Christmas/New Years? Don't get me wrong, it's an EXCELLENT movie...one of my favorites, but it's not really a Christmas story (in my opinion, at least).

Our list includes all (well, most) of the Rankin-Bass claymation movies, HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS and smattering of others as they crop up.

I like a sweet, sentimental, sappy cutesy-poo Christmas movie as much as the next guy, and I always get misty-eyed when Linus delivers his speech about "What Christmas is all about" in "A Charlie Brown Christmas," but after a while I need to counteract all that sugar with some twisted stuff like "Bad Santa" or something from the "Silent Night, Deadly Night" series.

We had a thread for Halloween movies so I figured why not have one for Christmas films.

How is TRADING PLACES a Christmas movie? Just because it happens to take place around Christmas/New Years? Don't get me wrong, it's an EXCELLENT movie...one of my favorites, but it's not really a Christmas story (in my opinion, at least).

That's exactly why I count it as one. The same goes for Eyes Wide Shut etc.

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The Rankin-Bass Rudolf The Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty The Snowman. And what would it be without Jimmy Stewart reminding us that It's A Wonderful Life? And of course A Charlie Brown Christmas.

These are and always will be a staple of my Holiday viewing no matter what age I get to be. So many wonderful memories of being 5 and laying on the floor by the Christmas tree as the old TV brought ABC in with that little bit of fuzzy reception reminding me that TV was still in it's youth w\regard to reception.

And of course, what sort of ABC Christmas would it have been w\o Santa riding on his Norelco razor? I'm getting misty-eyed right about now...

Last night we watched Frosty The Snowman. It always strikes me as somewhat horrific that the little girl was trapped in the greenhouse and actually had to watch Frosty melt until he was nothing but a puddle on the ground. Bet she grew up to be a little bit disturbed. But it's just a super fun little movie that I remember seeing waaaay back when, ever since I was a little kid.

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I know that I am stupid but when I look around me I feel a lot better.

I'm going to try and get through Elf, MST3K Jack Frost, L.A. Confidential (it starts around Christmas time), Eastern Promises (takes place during Christmas), and MST3K Santa Claus Conquers the Martians before the month is over.

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I knew there was one I forgot. We also watched Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. Not the MST3K version though. My daughter's at an age when she can enjoy that stuff for what it is, so that's how we watched it. It's a silly movie, cheap, corny and all that, but it is entertaining.